Remains, Historical and Literary, Connected with the Palatine Counties of Lancaster and Chester, Volume 40

Front Cover
Chetham Society., 1856
 

Selected pages

Other editions - View all

Common terms and phrases

Popular passages

Page 122 - A Demonstration of the gross and fundamental errors of a late book, called, A plain account of the nature and end of the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper.
Page 324 - An Act for the Encouragement of Learning, by vesting the Copies of printed Books in the Authors or Purchasers of such Copies during the Times therein mentioned...
Page 237 - Surely we read that no man can call Jesus Lord, but by the Holy Ghost; and that the natural man understandeth not the things of the Spirit, for they are spiritually discerned, Rom.
Page 14 - Shall shortly want the gen'rous tear he pays: Then from his closing eyes thy form shall part, And the last pang shall tear thee from his heart, Life's idle business at one gasp be o'er, The muse forgot, and thou be loved no more I PROLOGUE TO MR.
Page 268 - I asked Bohler whether he thought I should leave it off or not. He answered, 'By no means ' I asked, ' But what can I preach ? ' He said, 'Preach faith till you have it; and then, because you have it, you will preach faith.
Page 79 - For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.
Page 123 - God bless the King, — I mean the Faith's Defender, God bless (no harm in blessing) the Pretender! But who Pretender is, and who the King, — God bless us all ! — that's quite another thing.
Page 102 - All I have seen of Morgan is in that pamphlet; and for my part I am amazed that any one should think it worth while to answer the most senseless and abandoned scribbler that ever came from Bedlam or the Mint. It seems Mr. Chandler either has or will answer him, being provoked and challenged to it by Morgan ; who gets his bread by this infamous practice.
Page 58 - Of so divine a Guest. Of so divine a Guest, Unworthy though I be; Yet has my heart no rest, Unless it come from Thee. Unless it come from Thee, In vain I look around; In all that I can see, No rest is to be found. No rest is to be found, But in Thy blessed love; O! let my wish be crowned, And send it from above!
Page 17 - Act to prevent and avoid dangers which may grow by popish recusants;" nor any other law or statute of this realm made against papists or popish recusants, except the statute made in the five-and-twentieth year of King Charles II, entitled, "An Act for preventing dangers which may happen from popish recusants; " and except also the statute made in the thirtieth year of the said King Charles II, entitled, "An Act for the more effectual preserving the King's person and government, by disabling papists...

Bibliographic information